On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:11 AM, Andrei Matei <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks for the link! Everything is clear now, the kernel will autogrow a > mapping with the MAP_GROWSDOWN as long as the stack pointer is around the > location the program has just accessed. So there is no magic specific to > regions used as pthread stacks. If I manually set %rsp to my mmaped region > and access bytes downward, it will extend just fine. > Yes, it will .. may we know the reason why you want to do this? ~cnanda > Thanks! > > - a_m >
